Personal Injury Law

Speed the likely cause of Traffic Crash

By Edward Bills

At 0113 hours on 3/14/2010, Police Dispatch was notified of a traffic crash on Nevada Ave. at Cheyenne Rd. which involved a power outage.
The investigation revealed that Traffic Unit #1 was southbound on Nevada Ave. at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a major power-line pole located on the west curbline of Nevada Ave. The pole was sheared off at the base cutting power to a one block area. The driver and three passengers were transported to Memorial Central and treated for minor injuries.
Driver #1 was processed for possible DUI and will also be cited for Reckless Driving.
City Utilities will be replacing the power pole which will take approximately eight hours starting at 6:00am. During this time only one lane of southbound Nevada will be open from St. Elmo to Cheyenne Rd.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on March 16, 2010 (boomark / email).